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Good afternoon everybody and welcome to this meeting. I wouldn't say actually welcome because I have an announcement to make. The meeting of the Licensing Committee of the London Biar of Tower Hamlets held today, Tuesday the 6th of August 2024. My name is Peter Golds and I'm chair of the Licensing Committee and I am chairing this meeting this afternoon. I will be supported by my two council colleagues. We have a problem in as much that there has been a mix up in a court case today, a licensing court and both of the council's licensing lawyers are giving evidence or undertaking court work and neither can get away. We legally cannot conduct the meeting because we must have legal advice. Therefore it is proposed that the substance of the meeting, which is the application for a variation of premises license on Perfetto Pizza, 391 Cambridge Heath Road, will be deferred until Thursday the 19th of September. Is that correct? Is that okay for the applicant? You've got that clearly, Thursday the 19th of September. Thank you very much to say that but we are waiting already a very long time for this process and to be honest we are in a very bad situation, a very struggling situation. There is no business, business is very low because of day time and too much computation. Would you please turn that off. I'm trying to explain to you there is nothing we can do. We are required to conduct the meeting with lawyers. They are delayed in court. There is nothing we can do about them. Delayed in court because the court won't release them. Therefore we cannot conduct the meeting today. I'm asking you, will you be able to come along on the 19th of September which is the next convenient date to hold a meeting to consider this application. Yes or no? Please sir, can I explain to you all I can consider, all the committee can consider and you do your case no good is to apologise to you about the mix up today. Lawyers if they are in court are in court, the court will not release them. Therefore I cannot conduct this meeting legally to your benefit and the benefit to my colleagues. Therefore I ask yes or no, are you able to come along on Thursday the 19th of September. Thank you very much. That is confirmed the applicant will come along on Thursday the 19th of September. May I for the formalities please invite members to approve the minutes of our meetings held on the 18th of June, the 25th of June, the 9th of July and the 18th of July. Is everybody happy to approve those minutes which I will sign at the end of this meeting. Thank you very much Ms. Yezmin, they have been agreed. May I now call upon you to announce the ever growing list of deferred applications. Thank you chair. If the chair and the members could please agree to extend the decision deadlines for the following applications. Go Puff 89 Hemington Street London E1 5BL The Widow's Sun 75 Devens Road London E33PJ Solid Floor 7A Ezra Street London E2 Noisy Oyster 2 Nichols Clark Yard London E1 Montgomery Square Canary Wharf London E14 5JJ Sainsbury's 120 Bow Common Lane London E1 The Quiz Room 19-25 Bell Lane London E1 and Cafe Island Gardens London E14 3EA If they can please be extended to until the October 30th. Members approve the deferral. Thank you very much. As I say once again I apologise to everybody today, both the applicants, their legal representative, council officers who are present on all sides and my council colleagues. But there is nothing we can do. So on that I formally close the meeting. Thank you, Chuck.